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Attorney reveals mother's account of murder-suicide

"This is going to end now." Those words from David Mohney to his wife were the first indication that something terrible was about to happen at their Port Orange home on Friday, Cynthia Mohney's attorney said.

"This is going to end now." Those words from David Mohney to his wife were the first indication that something terrible was about to happen at their Port Orange home on Friday, Cynthia Mohney's attorney said.

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Updated: 5:44 PM EDT Oct 22, 2014

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WEBVTT MANNER OF DEATH REGARDING HIS MOTHER. I'M GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY FOR WESH 2 NEWS. NEW INFORMATION WITH WHAT A VOLUSIA COUNTY MOTHER SAYS HAPPENED THE DAY HER HUSBAND SHOT THEIR THREE KIDS KILLING TWO BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. IT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY IN THE SPRUCE CREEK FARM SUBDIVISION IN PORT ORANGE. THE WIFE'S ATTORNEY IS SPEAKING OUT SAYING 52-YEAR-OLD DAVID MOHNEY THREATENED TO KILL THE KIDS UNLESS HIS WIFE WENT THROUGH DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS. WESH 2'S MATT GRANT JOINING US LIVE WITH DETAILS. CYNTHIA MOHNEY HASN'T LEFT THE SIDE OF HER NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THE SOLE SURVIVOR IN THE ATTACK AND SHE IS TELLING HER ATTORNEY WHO IS NOW TELLING US DISTURBING DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE MORNING HER CHILDREN WERE MURDERED. I WAS HORRIFIED. CYNTHIA MOHNEY'S ATTORNEY IS SPEAKING OUT AND REVEALING CHILLING NEW DETAILS. HIS FIRST STATEMENT TO HER WAS SIMPLY "THIS IS GOING TO END NOW." THE ATTORNEY SAYS DAVID MOHNEY WOKE UP CYNTHIA EARLY FRIDAY TELLING HER THEIR SON WAS HAVING BREATHING PROBLEMS. THE COUPLE MARRIED 25 YEARS WERE GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND MOHNEY WAS SLEEPING IN A DOWN STAIRS ROOM. HE HAD A GUN IN HIS HAND. THAT IS THE FIRST INDICATION TO CYNTHIA THERE WAS A PROBLEM. A HUGE PROBLEM. HE SAYS MOHNEY GAVE HIS WIFE AN ULTIMATUM. RECONCILE OR ELSE. TELLING HER-- I WILL KILL THE CHILDREN. YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITHOUT THE CHILDREN. AND KNOWING THAT YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THAT. WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE HE SAYS MOHNEY FOLLOWED HER. AND AT SOME POINT CYNTHIA LOOKED AT HIM AND JUST INCREDULOUSLY WAS LIKE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS MOHNEY PUNCHED HER IN THE MOUTH AND SHE RAN FOR HELP. SHE CALLED 911. A SHORT TIME LATER HEARD THE GUNSHOTS. AUTHORITIES SAY MOHNEY SHOT THEIR THREE CHILDREN KILLING THEIR 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND 11-YEAR-OLD SON BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. I THINK HE HAD A ABSOLUTE PSYCHOTIC BREAKDOWN. HE SAYS CYNTHIA IS FOCUSING ON CARING FOR HER NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO REMAINS IN A COMA AFTER THE UNIMAGINABLE ATTACK. THERE IS NO MORE EVIL ACT THAT CAN OCCUR IN MY OPINION.

Attorney reveals mother's account of murder-suicide

"This is going to end now." Those words from David Mohney to his wife were the first indication that something terrible was about to happen at their Port Orange home on Friday, Cynthia Mohney's attorney said.